Media Release
33 years of 16 Days of Activism
November 24, 2024
The 16 Days of Activism Against Violence Against Women runs from 25 November to 10 December each year. This international campaign was conceived in 1991 during the first Women’s Global Leadership Institute at Rutgers University, New Jersey in the United States.
34 community advocates complete Gender-Based Violence Counsellor Training in Tuvalu
October 28, 2024
A significant milestone has been reached in the work to eliminate violence against women, girls, and children in Tuvalu with the completion of the Gender-Based Violence Counsellor Training by the Fiji Women’s Crisis Centre in the capital, Funafuti from 15th to 25th October 2024.
FWCC statement on Ratu Naiqama being nominated for President
October 24, 2024
The nomination of Ratu Naiqama Lalabalavu to be President of Fiji must be immediately withdrawn as it will not unite the nation but strengthen hierarchy, patriarchy, and gross inequality.
JOINT STATEMENT BY FWCC AND FWRM ON NOMINATION OF PITA WISE
October 18, 2024
The Fiji Women’s Crisis Centre and the Fiji Women’s Right Movement are calling on the Coalition Government and the Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka to withdraw the nomination of Pita Wise to be Fiji’s Ambassador to Japan.
Gender-Based Violence Counsellor Training by FWCC starts in Tuvalu
October 16, 2024
A significant milestone has been reached in the work against violence against women, girls, and children in Tuvalu with the start of the Gender-Based Violence Counsellor Training by the Fiji Women's Crisis Centre in the capital, Funafuti on Tuesday, 15th October 2024.
Restrictions on solidarity marches for Palestine
October 7, 2024
A planned march in Suva today by the NGO Coalition on Human Rights in Fiji was cancelled by the Fiji Police Force after draconian delaying tactics and routine questioning through phone calls that are reminiscent of a dictatorial system of the past.